Total number of colleges & universities in the U.S. split by type,
i.e. vocational/technical, 2-year, 4-year, etc.

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Total number of Colleges & Universities: 4084
Breakdown:
4 year: 2363
2 year: 1721
source: census.gov
Statistical Abstract of the United States
No. 257 Higher Education Summary
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/02statab/educ.pdf

A slightly different breakdown is available from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

"Public 4-year institutions 615
Public 2-year institutions 1,092
Private 4-year institutions, non-profit 1,536
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit 169
Private 2-year institutions, non-profit 184
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit 500
Total 4,096  "
http://chronicle.com/free/almanac/1999/nation/nation.htm


Now, on the subject of postsecondary vocational/technical institutions:

Total postsecondary vocational/technical institutions: 3660
breakdown:
2-year: 2073
less than 2-year: 1587

source: U.S. Department of Education:
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/PEQIS/publications/2000023/images/tab1.gif 

search strategy: 
statistical abstract of the u.s., colleges
"total number of colleges"
vocational, "postsecondary education", statistics

I hope this helps.

This is perfect.  THANK YOU!

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler

No prob. Your welcome.  It was very helpful.
Have a great day.